Enzo Staiola
Actor · 1939 – 2025 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Enzo Staiola (15 November 1939 - 4 June 2025) was an Italian actor best known for playing, at the age of seven, the role of Bruno Ricci, the son of protagonist Antonio Ricci in Vittorio De Sica's neorealist 1948 film Bicycle Thieves. He appeared in several other films (including the American-produced The Barefoot Contessa in 1954, which starred Humphrey Bogart) before becoming a math teacher in adulthood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Enzo Staiola , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies18
Movie8.2DramaUnemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
Movie8.3DramaComedyThree partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
Movie6.7DramaA washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · 285 votes
Movie5.8MysteryThrillerTwo seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry attendant, has several lovers and marries one, but continues seeing the others. The police have a suspect in the murder, but the retired inspector is convinced they're wrong; he continues a methodical investigation. Linda and her husband separate, and there are complications. Will the stories cross or are they already twisted together?
Movie7.2ComedyEnergetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.
Movie5.0DramaMysteryAn Englishman has been working in the US so long he now speaks with an American accent. He is drafted into the British Army during WWII but is injured and loses his memory. Because he talks like an American, the doctors repatriate him to the States where he is housed with a New York family. After the war they all travel throughout Europe, searching for the women he still remembers in the hope of restoring his lost memory
A Tale of Five Cities
1951 · 9 votes
Movie6.3DocumentaryA documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.
Vittorio D.
2009 · 10 votes
Movie5.2ComedyA number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
Movie5.9DramaAn exiled Italian prostitute shields her sister from a deep-sea diver on an island volcano.
Movie6.6DramaCrimeNick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist, after she loses all of her money at the casino. Nick flees with Colleen after they are framed for murder and he tries to track down the real killer.
I'll Get You for This
1951 · 7 votes
Movie6.1DramaFollowing World War II, the Allies designate that an unidentified town in the Trieste area as being partly Yugoslavian and partly Italian. A white line of demarcation splits the town in half and the townspeople are given just a short time to decides on which side of the line they will live. This leads to the dividing of homes, friends, families and the church and tensions run high.
Movie6.0DramaWarIn the last days of the world war II a young Alpine soldier trys to find his way back home after the army was disbanded. In his village the soldiers, with the townspeople, become engaged in an effort to prevent the Germans from blowing up a dam.
Movie9.0AdventureDramaIn Renaissance Italy, the young and beautiful Gigliola resists her adopted father's effort to marry her off to a wealthy older suitor. Instead, Gigliola loves Cino, a humble troubador. When Cino kills the suitor in a moment of impulsive anger, he's condemned to death, but Cino's friends rescue him. Gigliola persuades Cino to take her with him. Together they join the rebels seeking to free the land from tyranny.
MovieDocumentaryThis short documentary features interviews with film scholar Callisto Cosulich, BICYCLE THIEVES coscreenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, and actor Enzo Staiola. The interviews were conducted in Italy in 2005.
Movie10.0Carlo, a young doctor, occasionally meets Anna, the daughter of professor Valli. Carlo falls in love with Anna, who returns his feelings; but her father longs a brilliant marriage for her.
MovieComedyFantasy
Movie10.0ComedyA put upon, middle-aged employee receives a small sum of money as a gift and uses it to take a trip to Rome.
Buon viaggio, pover'uomo
1951 · 1 votes
Movie5.0DramaMarechiaro
1949 · 2 votes